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Good Wurlitzer-like Jukebox for Conversion?

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Mameham:
 Anyone have hands on experience with this jukebox -

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3265304972

 I've seen them around on the web, but not close enough to touch...

 I'd love to rip out the CD player and put DOSCAB and/or VM Jukebox in there... it's got a lot of nice hackable buttons on the front too!

 But does it _look_ good... or is it cheesy plastic?

 And do I care? :)

 $400 isn't sooo bad. :)

Chris:
Here's a better pic of the model with the "jukebox" (which is actually an AM/FM radio with 3 CD changer).  It looks smaller than a full-size jukebox.  I'm willing to bet all those "buttons" on the front are dummy buttons just like the ones on the real Wurlitzer CD jukeboxes.

Chris:
This "Jukebox" Cd-player's dimensions: 44" x 16.5" x 27". Weight: 48 lbs.

Real Wurlitzer 1015's dimensions: 60" x 32" x 25". Weight: 355 lbs.

Still, it's pretty... probably mostly empty space, so you'd probably want to build a small cabinet and use this as an outer facade.   Also, I believe it only has 10 watt speakers, so you may want to upgrade those as well, though.

--Chris

Mameham:
 Yeah, probably fake buttons... but good holes...

 And no I'm not talking about the woman...

 Only 16" deep? Or is it the 27" that's deep? I gotta see one of these up close. :) 16" wouldn't be so bad, cause 32" is a lot...

 New speakers definately...

 - Eric

Chris:
I took the dimensions off a sales page for the box, but I suspect that it's 27" wide to the Wurlitzer's 32" wide.

And yes, they are nice holes if they are actually in holes, but they're likely to just be molded protrusions that you'd have to cut off and make into holes.

Still a promising facade, but I'm not sure it's worth $400 just to use as a facade.  Now if you could find one of these where the CD player was dead and you could get it cheap....

I can't find the actual manufacturer, but almost all of the ones I found on the web traced back to egadgets.com.  If you could find the manufacturer, you could try to see if you can purchase a refurbished, dead or empty unit cheap... (Tell 'em you're using it for a prop in a play ("The Rocky Horror Show" (Columbia's jukebox) if they ask).)

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